Anyone who knows me well -- hell, anyone who has pretty much just met me! -- knows that I'm a giant geek. Actually, I'm the Darth Vader of geeks. One of the prime examples of this is that I love video games, which for me means PC games. Massive Multi-player On-line games have been my addiction since 1999. I first played EverQuest for the better part of five years. Now, I've played World of Warcraft for three. I loved EQ and even still dream about playing it (for some reason, I'm almost always running around the Greater Faydark). That said -- and within the bounds of reason I'm thankful to point out -- I'm obsessed with WoW.
I have played WoW almost from the start with the same group of people in what is called a "guild." I'm one of its leaders and I take that role very seriously. Strange among my friends who play, I do not play with my wife, nor do have have any close RL (real life) friends who play with me. Indeed, it is for these RL friends that I'm writing this post, since they all think I'm nuts. Of course, that is only in part due to my need to be a dragon-slaying dwarf, but still.
NPR recently had a nice little piece on WoW. It is a good introduction for those who don't play. Enjoy... and always remember to pick up enough arrows before leaving Ironforge!
23 October 2007
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